U.S. patent number 11,411,458 [Application Number 16/748,855] was granted by the patent office on 2022-08-09 for rotating machine lubrication structure.
This patent grant is currently assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA. The grantee listed for this patent is TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA. Invention is credited to Katsuhide Kitagawa, Masaki Mori.
United States Patent |
11,411,458 |
Kitagawa , et al. |
August 9, 2022 |
Rotating machine lubrication structure
Abstract
A rotating machine lubrication structure is applied to a
rotating machine including a cylindrical stator, a rotor and a
shaft. A resolver is disposed concentrically with the rotating
machine center line between the bearing and the rotor in a
direction of the rotating machine center line in the casing, the
resolver includes an annular resolver stator fixed to an inner side
surface of the casing in an outer circumferential portion of the
resolver stator, and a resolver rotor disposed on an inner
circumferential side of the resolver stator and fixed to and
integrally rotated with the shaft, and the resolver stator is
provided with an oil through-hole allowing the lubricating oil to
flow through at a portion on an inner circumferential side relative
to a part fixed to the casing.
Inventors: |
Kitagawa; Katsuhide (Seto,
JP), Mori; Masaki (Anjo, JP) |
Applicant: |
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TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA |
Toyota |
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JP |
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TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
(Toyota, JP)
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Family
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1000006482488 |
Appl.
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16/748,855 |
Filed: |
January 22, 2020 |
Prior Publication Data
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Document
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US 20200251955 A1 |
Aug 6, 2020 |
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Foreign Application Priority Data
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Jan 31, 2019 [JP] |
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JP2019-016422 |
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Current U.S.
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1/1 |
Current CPC
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H02K
9/19 (20130101); H02K 5/20 (20130101) |
Current International
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H02K
9/19 (20060101); H02K 5/20 (20060101) |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Foreign Patent Documents
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2013-179812 |
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Sep 2013 |
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2017-118688 |
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2018-170909 |
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Nov 2018 |
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Primary Examiner: Perez; Bryan R
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Oblon, McClelland, Maier &
Neustadt, L.L.P.
Claims
What is claimed is:
1. A rotating machine lubrication structure applied to a rotating
machine including a cylindrical stator disposed in a casing
concentrically with a rotating machine center line and fixed to the
casing, a rotor disposed concentrically with the rotating machine
center line in the casing and on an inner circumferential side of
the stator, and a shaft disposed concentrically with the rotating
machine center line, rotated integrally with the rotor, and
supported rotatably around the rotating machine center line by the
casing via a bearing, the stator being cooled by a lubricating oil
supplied to the stator from a lubricating oil passage disposed in
the casing, the bearing being lubricated by the lubricating oil
flowing down from the stator, wherein a resolver is disposed
concentrically with the rotating machine center line between the
bearing and the rotor along a direction of the rotating machine
center line in the casing, wherein the resolver includes an annular
resolver stator fixed to an inner side surface of the casing in an
outer circumferential portion of the resolver stator, and a
resolver rotor disposed on an inner circumferential side of the
resolver stator and fixed to and integrally rotated with the shaft,
and wherein the resolver stator is provided with an oil
through-hole allowing the lubricating oil to flow through at a
portion on an inner circumferential side relative to a part fixed
to the casing.
2. The rotating machine lubrication structure according to claim 1,
wherein the oil through-hole is disposed at a radial position
facing at least a portion of the bearing in the direction parallel
to the rotating machine center line.
3. The rotating machine lubrication structure according to claim 2,
wherein a coil portion for rotation detection covered with a cover
is disposed on an inner circumferential edge portion of the
resolver stator to project to both sides in a direction parallel to
the rotating machine center line, and wherein the oil through-hole
is disposed on an outer circumferential side relative to the coil
portion and at a position above the rotating machine center
line.
4. The rotating machine lubrication structure according to claim 3,
wherein the oil through-hole is one of a plurality of oil
through-holes disposed at positions around the rotating machine
center line and a portion of the plurality of oil through-holes is
disposed at the position above the rotating machine center
line.
5. The rotating machine lubrication structure according to claim 4,
wherein a plurality of bolt holes having a circular arc shape
around the rotating machine center line is disposed in the resolver
stator at equal angular intervals around the rotating machine
center line, wherein the resolver stator is fixed to the casing by
bolts inserted through the bolt holes, and wherein the oil
through-hole is disposed along the bolt hole on an inner
circumferential side relative to each of the plurality of bolt
holes.
6. The rotating machine lubrication structure according to claim 3,
wherein a plurality of bolt holes having a circular arc shape
around the rotating machine center line is disposed in the resolver
stator at equal angular intervals around the rotating machine
center line, wherein the resolver stator is fixed to the casing by
bolts inserted through the bolt holes, and wherein the oil
through-hole is disposed along the bolt hole on an inner
circumferential side relative to each of the plurality of bolt
holes.
7. The rotating machine lubrication structure according to claim 2,
wherein the oil through-hole is one of a plurality of oil
through-holes disposed at positions around the rotating machine
center line and a portion of the plurality of oil through-holes is
disposed at position above the rotating machine center line.
8. The rotating machine lubrication structure according to claim 7,
wherein a plurality of bolt holes having a circular arc shape
around the rotating machine center line is disposed in the resolver
stator at equal angular intervals around the rotating machine
center line, wherein the resolver stator is fixed to the casing by
bolts inserted through the bolt holes, and wherein the oil
through-hole is disposed along the bolt hole on an inner
circumferential side relative to each of the plurality of bolt
holes.
9. The rotating machine lubrication structure according to claim 2,
wherein a plurality of bolt holes having a circular arc shape
around the rotating machine center line is disposed in the resolver
stator at equal angular intervals around the rotating machine
center line, wherein the resolver stator is fixed to the casing by
bolts inserted through the bolt holes, and wherein the oil
through-hole is disposed along the bolt hole on an inner
circumferential side relative to each of the plurality of bolt
holes.
10. The rotating machine lubrication structure according to claim
1, wherein a coil portion for rotation detection covered with a
cover is disposed on an inner circumferential edge portion of the
resolver stator to project to both sides in a direction parallel to
the rotating machine center line, and wherein the oil through-hole
is disposed on an outer circumferential side relative to the coil
portion and at a position above the rotating machine center
line.
11. The rotating machine lubrication structure according to claim
10, wherein the oil through-hole is one of a plurality of oil
through-holes disposed at positions around the rotating machine
center line and a portion of the plurality of oil through-holes is
disposed at the position above the rotating machine center
line.
12. The rotating machine lubrication structure according to claim
11, wherein a plurality of bolt holes having a circular arc shape
around the rotating machine center line is disposed in the resolver
stator at equal angular intervals around the rotating machine
center line, wherein the resolver stator is fixed to the casing by
bolts inserted through the bolt holes, and wherein the oil
through-hole is disposed along the bolt hole on an inner
circumferential side relative to each of the plurality of bolt
holes.
13. The rotating machine lubrication structure according to claim
10, wherein a plurality of bolt holes having a circular arc shape
around the rotating machine center line is disposed in the resolver
stator at equal angular intervals around the rotating machine
center line, wherein the resolver stator is fixed to the casing by
bolts inserted through the bolt holes, and wherein the oil
through-hole is disposed along the bolt hole on an inner
circumferential side relative to each of the plurality of bolt
holes.
14. The rotating machine lubrication structure according to claim
1, wherein the oil through-hole is one of a plurality of oil
through-holes disposed at positions around the rotating machine
center line and a portion of the plurality of oil through-holes is
disposed at a position above the rotating machine center line.
15. The rotating machine lubrication structure according to claim
14, wherein a plurality of bolt holes having a circular arc shape
around the rotating machine center line is disposed in the resolver
stator at equal angular intervals around the rotating machine
center line, wherein the resolver stator is fixed to the casing by
bolts inserted through the bolt holes, and wherein the oil
through-hole is disposed along the bolt hole on an inner
circumferential side relative to each of the plurality of bolt
holes.
16. The rotating machine lubrication structure according to claim
1, wherein a plurality of bolt holes having a circular arc shape
around the rotating machine center line is disposed in the resolver
stator at equal angular intervals around the rotating machine
center line, wherein the resolver stator is fixed to the casing by
bolts inserted through the bolt holes, and wherein the oil
through-hole is disposed along the bolt hole on an inner
circumferential side relative to each of the plurality of bolt
holes.
Description
This application claims priority from Japanese Patent Application
No. 2019-016422 filed on Jan. 31, 2019, the disclosure of which is
herein incorporated by reference in its entirety.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a rotating machine lubrication
structure and, more particularly, to a lubrication structure for a
rotating machine including a resolver disposed in a casing.
DESCRIPTION OF THE RELATED ART
A known rotating machine lubrication structure is applied to a
rotating machine including a cylindrical stator disposed in a
casing concentrically with a rotating machine center line and fixed
to the casing, (a rotor disposed concentrically with the rotating
machine center line in the casing and on the inner circumferential
side of the stator, and a shaft disposed concentrically with the
rotating machine center line, rotated integrally with the rotor,
and supported rotatably around the rotating machine center line by
the casing via a bearing, wherein the stator is cooled by a
lubricating oil supplied to the stator from a lubricating oil
passage disposed in the casing, while the bearing is lubricated by
the lubricating oil flowing down from the stator. An apparatus
described in Patent Document 1 is an example thereof.
PRIOR ART DOCUMENTS
Patent Documents
Patent Document 1: Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No.
2013-179812 Patent Document 2: Japanese Laid-Open Patent
Publication No. 2018-170909
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Technical Problem
A technique of disposing a resolver in a casing of a rotating
machine is proposed (see Patent Document 2). Specifically, a
resolver is disposed concentrically with the rotating machine
center line between the bearing and the rotor in a direction
parallel to the rotating machine center line in the casing, and the
resolver is configured to include (a) an annular resolver stator
fixed to an inner side surface of the casing in an outer
circumferential portion of the resolver stator, and (b) a resolver
rotor disposed on the inner circumferential side of the resolver
stator and fixed to and integrally rotated with the shaft. In this
case, the presence of the resolver may hinder the supply of the
lubricating oil to the bearing. Although a clearance (gap) exists
between the resolver stator and the resolver rotor, the resolver
rotor is rotated integrally with the shaft, so that the lubricating
oil is easily scattered due to a centrifugal force, which limits an
amount of the lubricating oil supplied from the clearance to the
bearing.
The present invention was conceived in view of the situations and
it is therefore an object of the present invention to enable proper
supply of a lubricating oil to a bearing provided outside a
resolver in a rotating machine including the resolver disposed in a
casing.
Solution to Problem
A first aspect of the present invention provides a rotating machine
lubrication structure applied to a rotating machine including (a) a
cylindrical stator disposed in a casing concentrically with a
rotating machine center line and fixed to the casing, (b) a rotor
disposed concentrically with the rotating machine center line in
the casing and on an inner circumferential side of the stator, and
(c) a shaft disposed concentrically with the rotating machine
center line, rotated integrally with the rotor, and supported
rotatably around the rotating machine center line by the casing via
a bearing, (d) the stator being cooled by a lubricating oil
supplied to the stator from a lubricating oil passage disposed in
the casing, the bearing being lubricated by the lubricating oil
flowing down from the stator, wherein (e) a resolver is disposed
concentrically with the rotating machine center line between the
bearing and the rotor in a direction parallel to the rotating
machine center line in the casing, wherein (f) the resolver
includes an annular resolver stator fixed to an inner side surface
of the casing in an outer circumferential portion of the resolver
stator, and a resolver rotor disposed on an inner circumferential
side of the resolver stator and fixed to and integrally rotated
with the shaft, and wherein (g) the resolver stator is provided
with an oil through-hole allowing the lubricating oil to flow
through at a portion on an inner circumferential side relative to a
part fixed to the casing.
A second aspect of the present invention provides the rotating
machine lubrication structure recited in the first aspect of the
invention, wherein the oil through-hole is disposed at a radial
position facing at least a portion of the bearing in the direction
parallel to the rotating machine center line.
A third aspect of the present invention provides the rotating
machine lubrication structure recited in the first or second aspect
of the invention, wherein (a) a coil portion for rotation detection
covered with a cover is disposed on an inner circumferential edge
portion of the resolver stator to project to both sides in a
direction parallel to the rotating machine center line, and wherein
(b) the oil through-hole is disposed on an outer circumferential
side relative to the coil portion and at a position above the
rotating machine center line.
A fourth aspect of the present invention provides the rotating
machine lubrication structure recited in any one of the first to
third aspects of the invention, wherein the oil through-hole is one
of a plurality of oil through-holes disposed at positions around
the rotating machine center line and a portion of the plurality of
oil through-holes is disposed at a position above the rotating
machine center line.
A fifth aspect of the present invention provides the rotating
machine lubrication structure recited in any one of the first to
fourth aspects of the invention, wherein (a) a plurality of bolt
holes having a circular arc shape around the rotating machine
center line is disposed in the resolver stator at equal angular
intervals around the rotating machine center line, wherein the
resolver stator is fixed to the casing by bolts inserted through
the bolt holes, and wherein (b) the oil through-hole is disposed
along the bolt hole on an inner circumferential side relative to
each of the plurality of bolt holes.
Advantageous Effects of Invention
In the lubrication structure of the rotating machine as described
above, since the oil through-holes are disposed in the inner
circumferential side portion of the resolver stator fixed to the
inner side surface of the casing, a portion of the lubricating oil
flowing down from the stator of the rotating machine flows into the
oil through-holes directly, or indirectly by being scattered due to
the rotation of the rotor and the shaft, and is supplied to the
bearing. Since the resolver stator is fixed to the casing, the risk
of scattering the lubricating oil due to a centrifugal force is
eliminated, and the bearing can be supplied and properly lubricated
with a sufficient amount of the lubricating oil by appropriately
determining the size, number, position, etc. of the oil
through-holes.
In the second aspect of the invention, since the oil through-hole
is disposed at the radial position facing at least the portion of
the bearing in the direction parallel to the rotating machine
center line, the lubricating oil flowing out from the oil
through-hole is more easily directly supplied to the bearing, and
the bearing can efficiently be lubricated.
In the third aspect of the invention, since the oil through-hole is
disposed around an area above the rotating machine center line on
the outer circumferential side of the coil portion disposed in the
inner circumferential edge portion of the resolver stator, a
portion of the lubricating oil flowing down from the stator flows
into the oil through-hole directly, or indirectly by being received
by the coil portion, and is more easily supplied to the bearing, so
that the bearing can properly be lubricated.
In the fourth aspect of the invention, since the oil through-hole
is one of the plurality of oil through-holes disposed at the
positions around the rotating machine center line and the portion
of the plurality of oil through-holes is disposed at the position
above the rotating machine center line, a portion of the
lubricating oil flowing down from the stator flows into the
plurality of oil through-holes directly, or indirectly by being
scattered due to the rotation of the rotor and the shaft, and is
supplied to the bearing, so that the bearing can properly be
lubricated.
The fifth aspect of the invention is the case that the plurality of
bolt holes having a circular arc shape is disposed in the resolver
stator at equal angular intervals around the rotating machine
center line, and the oil through-hole is provided on the resolver
stator along the bolt hole on the inner circumferential side of
each of the bolt holes. Therefore, as in the fourth aspect of the
invention, a portion of the lubricating oil flowing down from the
stator flows into the plurality of oil through-holes directly, or
indirectly by being scattered due to the rotation of the rotor and
the shaft, and is supplied to the bearing, so that the bearing can
properly be lubricated.
Additionally, the presence of the oil through-hole increases a
magnetic resistance on the inner circumferential side of the bolt
holes, so that a magnetic flux from the outside more easily flows
through an outer circumferential side portion of the bolt holes
having a relatively low magnetic resistance, and therefore, the
resolver is hardly affected by magnetism of a stator coil etc. of
the rotating machine functioning as an electric motor and/or a
generator, so that a magnetic noise (disturbance) is suppressed,
and the resolver is improved in rotation detection accuracy. Since
the bolt holes and the groups of the oil through-holes are disposed
at equal angular intervals around the rotating machine center line,
the magnetic resistance etc. are uniformly distributed around the
rotating machine center line, and this is also advantageous for the
rotation detection accuracy of the resolver.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a rotating machine having a
lubrication structure that is an example of the present invention
and is a longitudinal cross-sectional view taken in a vertical
direction along a first axis S1 that is a rotating machine center
line.
FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a mounting portion of
a resolver disposed in a casing of the rotating machine of FIG.
1.
FIG. 3 is a front view showing the resolver alone.
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a resolver stator taken along a
line IV-IV and viewed in a direction of arrows of FIG. 3.
FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining another example of oil
through-holes provided in the resolver stator and is a front view
of the resolver corresponding to FIG. 3.
FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining a further example of the oil
through-holes provided in the resolver stator and is a
cross-sectional view of the mounting portion of the resolver
corresponding to FIG. 2.
MODES FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
The present invention is suitably applied to a lubrication
structure of a rotating machine (an electric motor or a motor
generator) used as a drive force source of a vehicle, for example,
and is also applicable to a rotating machine of other than a
vehicle. The present invention is also applicable to a rotating
machine exclusively used as a generator. For example, a lubricating
oil passage can be made up only of a fluid passage formed in a wall
of a casing, or a pipe separate from the casing can be mounted on
the inside of the casing, and the pipe can be used as the
lubricating oil passage. The lubricating oil passage is supplied
with a lubricating oil cooled by an oil cooler, for example, or may
be supplied with the lubricating oil without passing through the
oil cooler.
Oil through-holes disposed in a resolver stator may have at least a
portion of opening portions on the bearing side exposed to the
inner circumferential side relative to a fixed part for the casing,
and the lubricating oil can flow from the exposed portion into the
bearing side. The oil through-holes are disposed parallel to a
rotating machine center line, for example, or may be disposed with
an inclination relative to the rotating machine center line. The
oil through-holes are disposed at a radial position such that the
through-hole faces at least a portion of the bearing in a direction
parallel to the rotating machine center line, or can be disposed at
a radial position where all the opening portions on the bearing
side of the oil through-holes are opened on the outer
circumferential side or the inner circumferential side relative to
the bearing. The multiple oil through-holes are desirably disposed
around the rotating machine center line including an area above the
rotating machine center line, or only one oil through-hole may be
disposed at any position around the rotating machine center line.
If needed, a guide member such as a receiving gutter can be
disposed for guiding the lubricating oil flowing down from the
stator of the rotating machine to the oil through-holes.
The resolver stator is fixed to the casing by multiple bolts
inserted through bolt holes, for example, or can be non-rotatably
fixed to the casing by other fixing means such as press fitting,
splines, and crimping. When each of bolt holes having a circular
arc shape around the rotating machine center line are formed, the
oil through-holes can be disposed along the bolt holes on the inner
circumferential side of the bolt holes. For example, the oil
through-hole having a long hole shape such as a circular arc shape
or a straight-line shape can be disposed along the circular arc
shape of the bolt holes, i.e., substantially parallel to the bolt
holes. The multiple oil through-holes such as round holes can be
disposed side by side in a circular arc shape or in a straight-line
shape. The oil through-holes can be disposed in a portion other
than the inner circumferential side of the bolt holes regardless of
the bolt holes and, for example, the oil through-holes can be
disposed at an intermediate position between the bolt holes around
the rotating machine center line. If a coil for excitation or
rotation detection disposed in a coil portion is wound or guided by
using a jig, the oil through-holes can be disposed at a position
where the usability of the jig is improved, and the positions of
the oil through-holes are determined as appropriate.
Example
An example of the present invention will now be described in detail
with reference to the drawings. In the following example, the
figures are simplified or deformed for description as needed and
portions are not necessarily precisely drawn in terms of dimension
ratio, shape, etc.
FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a rotating machine 10 having a
lubrication structure that is an example of the present invention
and is a longitudinal cross-sectional view taken in a vertical
direction along a first axis S1 that is a center line of the
rotating machine 10. The rotating machine 10 is mounted on a
vehicle in a posture in which the first axis S1 is substantially
horizontal and used as a drive force source for running and is a
motor generator alternatively functioning as an electric motor and
a generator in this example. The rotating machine 10 includes a
cylindrical stator 14 disposed concentrically with the first axis
S1 in a casing 12, and a rotor 16 disposed concentrically with the
first axis S1 on the inner circumferential side of the stator 14. A
shaft 18 extends to penetrate through the rotor 16 and project to
both sides thereof and is fixed to a central portion of the rotor
16 concentrically with the first axis S1 to rotate integrally with
the rotor 16.
The casing 12 includes a pair of a first casing member 20 and a
second casing member 22 divided at an intermediate position in a
direction parallel to the first axis S1. The first casing member 20
and the second casing member 22 each has a bottomed cylindrical
shape and are brought closer to each other in the direction
parallel to the first axis S1 and assembled integrally with each
other by multiple bolts not shown such that opening portions of the
first and second casing members 20 and 22 are abutted against each
other to house the rotor 16 and the stator 14 therein. The shaft 18
fixed to the rotor 16 is supported by the casing 12 rotatably
around the first axis S1 via a pair of bearings 24, 26, and the
stator 14 is fixed to the first casing member 20 concentrically
with the first axis S1 by multiple bolts 28. The stator 14 can also
be fixed to the first casing member 20 by press fitting.
A pipe 30 is disposed in the casing 12. The pipe 30 has a straight
elongated cylindrical shape, is disposed concentrically on a second
axis S2 defined parallel to the first axis S1 and above the first
axis S1, and is mounted on the casing 12 via a mounting bracket 36
etc. The pipe 30 corresponds to a lubricating oil passage disposed
in the casing 12 and is allowed to communicate with a connection
port 48 disposed in the second casing member 22, and the
lubricating oil cooled by an oil cooler 52 is supplied from an
external piping 50 through the connection port 48 to the pipe 30.
Multiple discharge holes are disposed at intermediate positions in
the longitudinal direction of the pipe 30, and the lubricating oil
flowing out from the discharge holes is allowed to flow down onto a
coil etc. of the stator 14 to cool the coil etc., and the
lubricating oil flowing down from the coil is then supplied to the
bearings 24, 26 etc. to cool and lubricate the bearings 24, 26 etc.
For example, a portion of the lubricating oil flowing out from the
pipe 30 flows through a coil portion of the stator 14 as indicated
by an arrow A to cool the coil and flows into a central portion of
the rotating machine 10 so that a portion of the lubricating oil is
supplied to the bearing 26 on the second casing member 22 side to
lubricate the bearing 26.
A resolver 60 is disposed concentrically with the first axis S1 in
a portion between the bearing 26 and the rotor 16 in the direction
parallel to the first axis S1 in the casing 12. FIG. 2 is an
enlarged cross-sectional view of a mounting portion of the resolver
60, FIG. 3 is a front view showing the resolver 60 alone, and FIG.
4 is a cross-sectional view of a resolver stator 62 taken along a
line IV-IV and viewed in a direction of arrows of FIG. 3. A center
line of the resolver 60 is shown with S1 in FIGS. 3 and 4 since the
center line coincides with the first axis S1 in a state of being
assembled to the rotating machine 10. The resolver 60 includes the
annular resolver stator 62 fixed to an inner side surface of the
second casing member 22 in an outer circumferential portion and a
resolver rotor 64 disposed on the inner circumferential side of the
resolver stator 62 and fixed to and integrally rotated with the
shaft 18. As is clear from FIG. 3, the resolver rotor 64 is made up
of a layered steel plate obtained by layering a multiplicity of
annular steel plates having outer circumferential surfaces formed
into elliptical or oval shape and is mounted relatively
non-rotatably on the shaft 18 by a rotation stop key etc.
The resolver stator 62 includes a layered steel plate 66 obtained
by layering a multiplicity of annular steel plates and a coil
portion 68 for rotation detection disposed on an inner
circumferential edge portion of the annular layered steel plate 66,
and the resolver rotor 64 is disposed on the inner circumferential
side of the coil portion 68 with a slight clearance therebetween.
The coil portion 68 is disposed to project from the layered steel
plate 66 on both sides in the direction parallel to the first axis
S1 and includes multiple coils 70 for excitation and rotation
detection, and outer circumference surfaces and both side surfaces
of the coils 70 are covered with a cover 72 made of synthetic
resin. In the resolver stator 62, a connector 76 including therein
multiple connection terminals 74 connected to the coils 70 to
excite the coils 70 and extract rotation signals is disposed on an
outer circumferential portion of the layered steel plate 66. The
connector 76 is integrally formed on the layered steel plate 66 and
made of a synthetic resin material, for example.
In a fixed part which is fixed to the second casing member 22 and
is located in the outer circumferential portion of the layered
steel plate 66, multiple bolt holes 80 having a circular arc shape
around the first axis S1 are disposed at equal angular intervals
around the first axis S1, and the resolver stator 62 is fixed to
the second casing member 22 by bolts 82 inserted through the bolt
holes 80. The inner side surface of the second casing member 22 is
provided with a flat annular mounting seat 84 perpendicular to the
first axis S1, and the layered steel plate 66 is seated and fixed
by the bolts 82 such that the outer circumferential portion of the
layered steel plate 66 is brought into close contact with the
mounting seat 84. The mounting seat 84 is provided with multiple
bolt insertion holes 86 parallel to the first axis S1 corresponding
to the multiple bolt holes 80, and each bolt 82 is inserted from
the second casing member 22 side to penetrate the respective bolt
insertion hole 86 and the bolt hole 80 of the layered steel plate
66, and is screw-fastened by respective nut 88 screwed at tip
threaded portions projected from the bolt holes 80. A mounting
angle (phase) of the resolver stator 62 around the first axis S1
can be adjusted within a range of the circular-arc-shaped bolt
holes 80. In this example, the seven bolt holes 80 are disposed
around the first axis S1, and the connector 76 is integrally formed
by using one of the bolt holes 80, while the resolver stator 62 is
fixed to the second casing member 22 by using the remaining six
bolt holes 80. All the six bolt holes 80 may not necessarily be
used for screw-fastening, and the screw-fastening may be achieved
with one or more of the bolt holes 80 left unused.
Multiple oil through-holes 90 are provided on the resolver stator
62 along the circular arc of the bolt holes 80 at a portion on the
inner circumferential side of the multiple circular-arc-shaped bolt
holes 80, specifically, on the inner circumferential side relative
to the fixed part brought into close contact with the mounting seat
84 and on the outer circumferential side relative to the coil
portion 68. In this example, the four oil through-holes 90 each
having a round hole shape (a circular cross section) are disposed
side by side to form a circular arc shape around the first axis S1
for each of the bolt holes 80. Since the bolt holes 80 are disposed
at equal angular intervals around the first axis S1, the oil
through-holes 90 are also provided as groups of four oil
through-holes at equal angular intervals around the first axis S1,
and a portion of the groups is located on the upper side relative
to the first axis S1 in a state of being assembled to the rotating
machine 10 shown in FIG. 1 and each group of four oil through-holes
90 corresponds to the oil through-hole of the present invention.
Therefore, as indicated by the arrow A of FIG. 1, a portion of the
lubricating oil flowing down from the coil portion of the stator 14
flows into the oil through-holes 90 directly, or indirectly by
being scattered due to the rotation of the rotor 16 and the shaft
18, and is supplied to the bearing 26, so that the bearing 26 can
properly be lubricated regardless of the presence of the resolver
60. A tapered surface 92 having an inner diameter gradually reduced
toward the bearing 26 is provided on the inner circumferential side
portion of the mounting seat 84 of the second casing member 22,
i.e., on a portion having substantially the same diameter dimension
as the oil through-holes 90 around the first axis S1 and facing the
oil through-holes 90, so that the lubricating oil is smoothly
guided toward the bearing 26. The four oil through-holes 90 are
designed to be used as through-holes for a jig guiding a wire of
the coils 70 of the coil portion 68 during a manufacturing process
of the resolver stator 62.
In the lubrication structure of the rotating machine 10 of this
example as described above, since the oil through-holes 90 are
disposed in the inner circumferential side portion of the resolver
stator 62 fixed to the mounting seat 84 on the inner side surface
of the casing 12, a portion of the lubricating oil flowing down
from the coil portion of the stator 14 flows into the oil
through-holes 90 directly, or indirectly by being scattered due to
the rotation of the rotor 16 and the shaft 18, and is supplied to
the bearing 26. Since the resolver stator 62 is fixed to the casing
12, the risk of scattering the lubricating oil due to a centrifugal
force is eliminated, and the bearing 26 can be supplied and
properly lubricated with a sufficient amount of the lubricating oil
by appropriately determining the size, number, position, etc. of
the oil through-holes 90.
Since the multiple oil through-holes 90 are disposed around the
first axis S1 including an area above the first axis S1 on the
outer circumferential side of the coil portion 68 disposed in an
inner circumferential edge portion of the resolver stator 62, a
portion of the lubricating oil flowing down from the coil portion
of the stator 14 flows into the multiple oil through-holes 90
directly, or indirectly by being received by the coil portion 68 or
being scattered due to the rotation of the rotor 16 and the shaft
18, and is more easily supplied to the bearing 26, so that the
bearing 26 can properly be lubricated.
Since the resolver stator 62 is provided with the multiple bolt
holes 80 having a circular arc shape around the first axis S1 at
equal angular intervals around the first axis S1, and the oil
through-holes 90 are provided on the resolver stator 62 along the
bolt holes 80 on the inner circumferential side portion of the bolt
holes 80, the presence of the oil through-holes 90 increases a
magnetic resistance on the inner circumferential side portion of
the bolt holes 80, so that a magnetic flux from the outside more
easily flows through an outer circumferential side portion of the
bolt holes 80 as indicated by an arrow B of FIG. 3 which has a
relatively low magnetic resistance in the resolver stator 62. As a
result, the coils 70 in the coil portion 68 disposed in the inner
circumferential edge portion of the resolver stator 62 are hardly
affected by magnetism of a stator coil etc. of the rotating machine
10 functioning as an electric motor and a generator, so that a
magnetic noise is suppressed, and the resolver 60 is improved in
rotation detection accuracy. Since the bolt holes 80 and the groups
of the oil through-holes 90 are disposed at equal angular intervals
around the first axis S1, the magnetic resistance etc. are
uniformly distributed around the first axis S1, and this is also
advantageous for the rotation detection accuracy of the resolver
60.
Other examples of the present invention will be described. In the
following examples, portions substantially common to the examples
are denoted by the same reference numerals and will not be
described in detail.
FIG. 5 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 3 and is a front view of
a resolver 100. This resolver 100 is different from the resolver 60
in shape of oil through-holes 102 and has circular-arc-shaped oil
through-holes 102 on the resolver stator 62, each disposed along
the corresponding bolt holes 80 on the inner circumferential side
of the multiple bolt holes 80. Specifically, each of the oil
through-holes 102 of this example forms a long hole shape
connecting the four oil through-holes 90 and provides substantially
the same effects as the example described above. The shape of the
oil through-holes is appropriately defined as a straight-line
shape, an elliptical shape, etc. Each oil through-hole 102
corresponds to the oil through-hole of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the resolver 110 of another
example corresponding to FIG. 2, and this resolver 110 is different
from the resolver 60 of the previous example in position of oil
through-holes 112. Specifically, the oil through-holes 112 are
disposed at a radial position where each of the oil through-holes
112 faces at least a portion of the bearing 26 in a direction
parallel to the first axis S1, i.e., at an inner circumferential
position closer to the first axis S1 as compared to the oil
through-holes 90 of the example described above. In this case, the
lubricating oil flowing out from the oil through-holes 112 toward
the bearing 26 is more easily directly supplied to the bearing 26,
and the bearing 26 can efficiently be lubricated. For example, the
oil through-holes 112 may be groups each composed of multiple round
holes, each group provided on the inner circumferential side for
each of the bolt holes 80 as the oil through-holes 90, or may be
long holes having a circular arc shape etc. each disposed on the
inner circumferential side for each of the corresponding bolt holes
80 as with the oil through-holes 102.
Although the examples of the present invention have been described
in detail with reference to the drawings, these examples are merely
an embodiment, and the present invention can be implemented in
variously modified and improved forms based on the knowledge of
those skilled in the art.
REFERENCE SIGNS LIST
10: rotating machine 12: casing 14: stator 16: rotor 18: shaft 26:
bearing 30: pipe (lubricating oil passage) 60, 100, 110: resolver
62: resolver stator 64: resolver rotor 68: coil portion 72: cover
80: bolt hole 82: bolt 84: mounting seat (inner side surface) 90,
102, 112: oil through-hole S1: first axis (rotating machine center
line)
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